Gloucester, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Stroud, Malvern, Ledbury, Newent and Ross-on-Wye
The bathroom adaptations that help an older person most are the ones that remove a step, a stretch or a slip: a level access shower in place of climbing into a bath, grab rails where the hands naturally reach, a comfort-height toilet, a fold-down shower seat and a floor that grips when wet. Start with whatever the person finds hardest today, then plan the rest so later changes do not mean ripping out new work.
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm. Quotes are free and without obligation, and we aim to reply within 24 hours.
Before choosing products, watch how the bathroom is actually used. Is getting over the bath side the problem, or lowering onto the toilet, or standing for long enough to wash? The answer decides the order of work far better than a catalogue does.
It also helps to think a few years ahead. Someone who manages a shower with a rail today may later need a seat, a carer standing alongside or room for a wheeled shower chair. Building those allowances in now, such as extra wall strength behind the tiles, is cheap while the walls are open and expensive afterwards.
Stepping over a bath side is the point where many falls happen, so swapping the bath for a walk-in shower is usually the first adaptation people ask about. A low tray still has a small lip; a fully level floor, as in a wet room, removes it completely and suits wheelchairs and shower chairs.
If a bath has to stay, for example because it is the only one in the house, a bath lift, a transfer board or a sturdy rail on the wall side can make it safer. Those are simpler changes but they do not remove the climb, so they tend to be a stopgap rather than the long-term answer.
We ask who uses the room, what is difficult and whether an occupational therapist has already made recommendations.
We check the floor construction, where the waste can run and what the walls will take, because that decides whether a level floor is practical.
You receive a written quote setting out each part of the work, free and without obligation.
Where it is the only bathroom, we plan the order of work to keep the time without a working toilet or wash area as short as possible.
Rails are load-checked, seals and falls are tested and we show everyone how the new fittings work.
Grants and occupational therapy assessments are arranged through your local council. We can work to an OT report but we do not carry out assessments.
Pull cords, lighting and electric shower wiring are done by a qualified electrician, not by our plumbers or tilers.
We fit bathroom adaptations from our base at 37 Boundary Place, Gloucester, across Gloucester, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Stroud, Malvern, Ledbury, Newent and Ross-on-Wye. We work Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.
Related: accessible bathroom installation, converting a bath to a shower, wet room installation, planning for ageing in place.
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